Thousands of Uruguayans will not be able to travel on public transport this Tuesday April 25 for general strike of the National Union of Workers and Transport Workers (Unott) in rejection of the project social security reform which will be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies during Monday and Tuesday of that week.
The decision ratified this Friday was made, however, a month ago, when Unott joined the general strike of the PIT-CNT on March 23 and announced that it would take other forceful measures when the project was discussed in the Lower House.
With the recent confirmation from the government that an agreement was reached between its partners, the discussion in Deputies precipitated, where the document has already obtained the approval of the special commission, and This Monday 24 at 10 a.m. will begin to be treated at the venuewhere the tuesday 25 with the vote on the article.
From what time will the strike begin and which transports will be without service
Meanwhile, from Unott they affirmed that the different unions that make it up will each define their form of participation. While some will adhere from the early morning shifts until Tuesday nights, others will even stop from Monday night.
In addition, the measure will cover all branches of the transport urban, suburban, metropolitan, interdepartmental and international. And, in turn, there will be concentration and mobilization in the surroundings of the Legislative Palace.
There, the protesters will demand against what they consider an “anti-popular, anti-worker and anti-democratic pension reform.”
According to a study by the Uruguayan Medical Journal, the 77% of transport workers are affected by a sedentary lifestyle, the 35% regularly consumes different types of drugs and the twenty% He admits that he consumes alcohol frequently. From Unott they affirm that the extension of the years of work of the reform does not collaborate in this sense.
Source: Ambito
